Cybercrime: A Multifaceted National Security Threat

< div class=”block-paragraph_advanced”> Executive Summary Cybercrime makes up a majority of the malicious activity online and occupies the majority of defenders’ resources. In 2024, Mandiant Consulting responded to almost four times more intrusions conducted by financially motivated actors than state-backed…

OpenSSL patched high-severity flaw CVE-2024-12797

OpenSSL patched the vulnerability CVE-2024-12797, a high-severity flaw found by Apple that enables man-in-the-middle attacks. The OpenSSL Project addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12797, in its secure communications library.  The OpenSSL software library allows secure communications over computer networks against eavesdropping…

Fortinet FortiOS & FortiProxy Zero-Day Exploited to Hijack Firewall & Gain Super Admin Access

Cybersecurity firm Fortinet has issued an urgent warning regarding a newly discovered zero-day authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-24472) affecting its FortiOS and FortiProxy products. This critical flaw enables remote attackers to obtain super-admin privileges by exploiting maliciously crafted CSF proxy requests.…